Roach v. Blakey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Greene county, rendered at its November term, 1890, in an action of ejectment wherein the defendants in error, George E. Blakey and others, were plaintiffs, and Valentine Roach and Polly Ann Roach were defendants. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
*768The action was ejectment by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs that “ they are entitled to the fee simple in the tract of land in the declaration mentioned, and that the defendants are guilty of unlawfully withholding from the plaintiffs the possession of the tract of land in the declaration mentioned.” Whereupon the defendants moved the court to set aside the verdict, upon the ground that it is contrary to the law and the evidence; which motion the court overruled, and rendered judgment “that the plaintiff recover…
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